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Egypt crisis raises fears of ‘second revolution’

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Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir Square, in Cairo Wednesday. Egyptian state television says the country's highest appeal court has decided to suspend its work nationwide to protest the president's decrees giving himself nearly absolute powers.

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An Egyptian protester reads the Wafd, a local newspaper next to tents occupied by protesters in Tahrir Square, in Cairo Wednesday. Egyptian state television says the country's highest appeal court has decided to suspend its work nationwide to protest the president's decrees giving himself nearly absolute powers.

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Faced with an unprecedented strike by the courts and massive opposition protests, Egypt's Islamist president is not backing down in the showdown over decrees granting him near-absolute powers. Activists warn that his actions threaten a "second revolution."